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Arboviruses, the Arthropod-Borne Animal Viruses

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Insect Viruses

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology ((CT MICROBIOLOGY,volume 42))

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Arboviruses are unique in infecting both vertebrates and blood-sucking arthropods. Acquired from the infected blood of vertebrates, they multiply in the arthropod, become established in the sallvary glands, and are subsequently transmitted to other susceptible vertebrates by bite. In briefest terms, arboviruses are defined as animal viruses transmitted biologically by hematophagous arthropods to vertebrate hosts (Casals, 1966; Andrewes, 1962).

U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Public Health Service. Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control, National Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, Georgia, 30333.

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Chamberlain, R.W. (1968). Arboviruses, the Arthropod-Borne Animal Viruses. In: Maramorosch, K. (eds) Insect Viruses. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 42. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46115-6_3

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